A Canola Council of Canada has surveyed growers on their production practices and found rotation and nutrient management key to increasing yields.
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One change to improve Prairie canola yield
Crop rotation and nutrition topped the list for both Canadian farmers and agronomists
Hand-held device detects nutrient deficiencies in leaf tissue
The Nutriscan device won Manitoba Ag Days’ Innovation Award earlier this year
ATP Nutrition’s Nutriscan uses a near-infrared sensor to measure a range of macro- and micronutrients in plant tissue and delivers the results to an app on a user’s smartphone.
Compost pellets ready for fertilizer trying ground
After years of trials, Saskatchewan farmer Kyle Heggie is ready to take his compost pellets to the field rows in the hopes that they boost crop nutrition
Kyle Heggie has been spreading a unique blend of compost on his crops for years, and has also used on-farm trials to test the practicality of mid-row banding compost “pellets” into the seed row next to the seed.
Manitoba renews 4R nutrient management commitment
Manitoba has renewed its understanding with industry to promote 4R nutrient management as a fertilizer use philosophy on farms
Manitoba has renewed its understanding with industry to promote 4R nutrient management as a fertilizer use philosophy on farms.
Measuring farm emissions from the sky
Radio tower to be fit with sensors to measure how changing farm practices actually are
Radio tower to be fit with sensors to measure how changing farm practices actually are impacting nitrous oxide levels in the atmosphere.
Winter cold doesn’t stop all fertilizer emissions, new research shows
New research shows the Prairie deep freeze slows, but does not stop, nitrogen emissions
Fall fertilizer doesn’t emit nitrogen over winter, right? Wrong, according to new research: biological activity and nitrogen emissions slow, but don’t stop.
VIDEO: Making 4R nutrient management work
EMILI field day features farmer experiences, high tech systems and extension education
When Rick Rutherford starts to plan his crop, he begins at the end – the end of the last growing season, that is. The Grosse Isle-area seed grower and owner-operator of Rutherford Farms sits down, current year’s yield map in hand, with agronomist Dave Ives of Enns Brothers to plan for the following spring. “It’s
Editor’s Take: Emissions reduction needs a lifeline
Nobody likes to change, especially not when they’re comfortable and things are going well. But that attitude can lead to complacency and inertia as the world passes by. This is the delicate balance that farmers are being asked to strike, with little evidence that it’s going to pay them dividends of any kind. The issue
Emissions reductions remain controversial
Academic says agriculture will be expected to solve its own problem
When Mario Tenuta started talking about nitrous dioxide emissions, it didn’t take long for skepticism to show up. It’s a drop in the bucket; it’s hard to nail down; dealing with the issue will add cost and risk; agriculture is going to be expected to carry the can – these are among the arguments that
Muddied waters on carbon credits
Cautious carbon optimism: While carbon offsets could be a boon for producers, experts warn the market is a volatile space with many risks to consider
[UPDATED: Aug. 11, 2023] The message may go something like this: farmers live in a carbon-priced world and it’s time they started making that a positive, not a negative. Sign this contract, plant a cover crop and, based on the resulting carbon offsets, make a little money off some corporation’s environmental goals. But the landscape
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
